By Ermin Garcia Jr. NO country in the world can ever beat the Philippines in celebrating Christmas. First of all, it’s the only place on earth that begins to play Christmas carols as early as September (the start of – Ber months)! Then malls and shops begin to mount…
HAIL MARY, FULL OF GRACE — Thousands of devotees pray to Our Lady of Our Lady of the Rosary of Manaoag on the occasion of the feast of Immaculate Conception of Mary. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
DAGUPAN City Mayor Belen Fernandez made her final appeal to the Sangguniang Panlungsod in her December 5 letter for the urgent approval of the Supplemental Investment Program and Supplemental Budget that remain at the committee level despite five successive committee hearings. Her letter was read by Councilor Michael Fernandez, minority…
AFTER a proposed ordinance submitted by a former member of Sangguinang Panlalawigan invoking merely “for and by authority of the Governor,” was rejected by the Sangguniang Panlalawigan, the same measure entitled a provincial ordinance creating a Pangasinan Provincial Government Joint Venture Code was resubmitted by the provincial administrator and eventually…
NO AUDIT ON 2020-2021 SCHOLARS SUBMITTED THE Commission on Audit in Dagupan belatedly released its Audit Observation Memorandum on the scholarship fund disbursed for the school’s first semester this year dated December 1, 2022 that cited violations committed by at 141 scholars and who it said could be asked to reimburse…
CITY SCHOLARS RALLY FOR THEIR EDUCATION — “Pirmahan na, Pirmahan na” was the cry of the newly selected scholars of Dagupan City and their parents when they staged a rally outside the Sanggunian Panlungsod building after the majority bloc continues to refuse to approve the Supplemental Budget 1. (Punchphoto by Butch…
NO SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET FOR SCHOLARS THE clamor of some 100 students and parents that staged a rally outside the Sangguniang Panlungsod session hall on Tuesday (December 6) to pass and approve the Supplemental Budget No. 1 that would alleviate their financial crisis threatening to end their education, were flatly ignored…
THE Sangguniang Panlalawigan on December 5 passed the P135,55,734.3 supplemental budget to defray the Performance-Based Bonus (PBB) of regular and casual employees and to pay the Christmas financial assistance for consultants, community health workers and other volunteers of the provincial government. Provincial Ordinance No. 7 proposed by Third District Board…
MAP OF LANDMARKS, PRODUCTS — Pangasinenses and their visitors view a unique presentation of the towns and cities represented by their landmarks as tourist destinations and their food products at the Capitol Complex in Lingayen. (Punchphoto by Cesar Ramirez)
THE Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP) distributed PHP 10,000 as cash assistance to 300 residents in the Third Congressional District last week. Rep. Rachel Arenas, who led the distribution, told the beneficiaries that the SLP is a government program to help persons build or…
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